Nikhat Zareen (Twitter/@nikhat_zareen)
NIkhat Zareen additionally expressed her gratitude on Twitter and thanked CNBC-TV18 for honouring her on Thursday.
Ace India boxer Nikhat Zareen gained the IBLA ‘Sports Leader Of The Year’ Award 2023 organised by CNBC TV. Nikhat, who lately gained the second world championship title, piper different nominees within the class – badminton gamers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, observe and discipline athlete Neeraj Chopra, hockey participant Savita Punia and cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur to win the celebrated award.
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The Year 2022 belonged to Nikhat as she claimed a hat-trick of gold medals final yr. She began the yr by etching her identify within the historical past books as she turned the primary Indian boxer to win a second gold medal on the prestigious Strandja Memorial match. After that, she gained India’s first yellow steel in 4 years on the World Championship.
The younger boxer then entered the Commonwealth Games as a powerful medal contender and he or she didn’t disappoint, clinching the 50kg title.
Meanwhile, after successful the IBLA ‘Sports Leader Of The Year’ Award, Nikhat mentioned that, “My ultimate dream is to win the Olympic gold for the country and will try her best to get it done in Paris Olympics.”
She also expressed her gratitude on Twitter and thanked CNBC-TV18 for honouring her on Thursday.
“Honoured to have won the IBLA ‘Sports Leader Of The Year’ Award 2023. Thank you for this honour @CNBCTV18News #CNBCTV18IBLA,” she wrote on Twitter.
Earlier this year, reigning World champion Nikhat Zareen defeated two-time Asian champion Nguyen Thi Tam of Vietnam 5-0 in the 50kg category final at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.
Nikhat has already qualified for the Asian Games, which is also an Olympic qualifier.
For selection to the Asian Games, to be held from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, China, the Boxing Federation of India’s (BFI) policy states “Athletes who achieve Gold/Silver at World championships will be an automatic selection for the first Olympic qualifier at the Asian Games.”
